Issue Position: Women's Rights and the ERA

Issue Position

We need to be committed to equality for all Americans regardless of sex, whether we're fighting for workplace equality or removing barriers designed by politicians to shame women making decisions about their own healthcare.

The Equal Rights Amendment should have become part of the Constitution decades ago. Our highest law should reflect our commitment to equal opportunity, equal legal protection, and the fundamental equality of all people.

Currently, 37 states have ratified the ERA and 38 will make it part of the Constitution. Virginia has the historic opportunity to be that state, and we should welcome it.

As a lawyer, as a husband, father, and grandfather, and as a citizen of this Commonwealth, I believe it is long past time to explicitly enshrine women's equality into law.

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